Friends,
Do you want to help support our veterans? If so, please consider attending the VA Regional Outreach Event in San Diego, California on September 15th! The event will be from 8am to 4pm and will have speakers sharing information on how ...
Posted Tuesday, September 6th 2016 at 10:45AM
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today awarded approximately $300 million more in grants under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program to help thousands of very low-income Veteran families around the nati ...
Posted Tuesday, September 6th 2016 at 10:38AM
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Labor Day is about celebrating the achievements of the men and women who built our great country. But for the last four decades, stagnant wages and the erosion of unions and collective bargaining have contributed to growing income inequality in A ...
Posted Monday, September 5th 2016 at 10:25AM
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IT'S HERE!
LOPnewsmag bringing you Pres. Obama Urging Congress to fund Zika, Nation of Second Chances, USDE Announcing Grant Awards, Sharing Native American College Success with Justin Going to College, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Programs, ...
Posted Friday, September 2nd 2016 at 6:05PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
On Friday, September 2, 2016, NAMI is leading a National Call-In Day for Senate Mental Health Reform.
The House passed mental health reform, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, last ...
Posted Thursday, September 1st 2016 at 11:31AM
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In The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
I bear witness there is no god but Allah
And I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger
As-Salaam Alaikum!
To my brother and companion in struggle Colin Kaepernick: I am deeply grate ...
Posted Wednesday, August 31st 2016 at 6:23PM
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Last month, NAMI Maryland Executive Director, Kate Farinholt, had the opportunity to attend a briefing at White House as part of the White House 21st Century Policing Briefing Series.
Since the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing r ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:57AM
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Join us at the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference!
Registration for the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference is now open! This program will take place October 14-15, 2016 at the Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt in Towson.
Participants ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:51AM
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ALLLL Aboard the new LOP school bus! We are loading up for the 6th Annual USDE Back-to-School Bus Tour in just a few short days before we take off!
Ok, everyone's reading "I Saw You In His Eyes" available in Amazon Kindle format at: https://ww ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:45AM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama remarks on National Park Service 100th Anniversary (#FindYourPark),
NATION-AT-A-GLANCE FEATURING U. S. SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY on OPIODS EPIDEMIC!! and so much more inside to share and discuss with your f ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 11:46AM
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY!
FREE ADMISSIONS ALL WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE!!!!
#FindYourPark: http://connect.usa.gov/free-entrance-to-national-parks-this…
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Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 5:47PM
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America's doctor just knocked on the doors of every single US physician across the country.
Virtually, at least. On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent this letter™÷ to 2.3 million American doctors asking for their help to curb what' ...
Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 1:30PM
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Photographs have emerged of armed French police confronting a woman on a beach and making her remove some of her clothing as part of a controversial ban on the burkini.
Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the burkini, whic ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 7:55PM
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INDIANA--An Indianapolis homeowner who called police to report an attempted armed robbery at his house was apparently mistaken for the suspect and shot in the stomach by a responding officer, authorities said.
Carl Williams, a 48-year-old black ma ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 3:12PM
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JUSTICE OR ELSE UPDATE ((TAG & SHARE)):
Join us for our 21st Anniversary of the Million Man March & Holy Day of Atonement to be held in Atlanta GA. October 14th – 16th.
The Keynote Address by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is schedul ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 3:06PM
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WASHINGTON—More than 90 years ago, the U.S. government, fearful of his considerable influence, railroaded Black Nationalist and Pan African visionary Marcus Mosiah Garvey in a case widely considered to have been racially and politically motivated.
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Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 2:54PM
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NPR--In the small flood-ravaged town of Springfield, La., Rachel Moriarity waited more than a week for a center where she could apply for emergency food stamps to finally open in the Am-Vets hall — but she's been turned away at the door.
This we ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 2:50PM
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The White House Initiative (Initiative) on Educational Excellence for African Americans hosted the inaugural White House Summit on African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in Washington, DC in partn ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 11:13AM
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The African American Youth with Disabilities Summit:
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (the Initiative) hosted a White House Summit on African-American students with disabilities on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:57AM
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As a child, I loved spending Saturday afternoons at Eso Won Books, a Black-owned bookstore in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The store was filled with books full of images of Black girls, girls just like me. Eso Won often hosted storyt ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:41AM
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Many of you know the rock star, Pat Scott, from the film. She was the School Homeless Liaison at Prosser who was featured in the film. We're saddened to learn that she was victim to the recent outrageous layoffs by Chicago Public Schools. Not onl ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:33AM
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We’re hitting the road for our sixth annual back-to-school bus tour, and earlier today we announced the eleven stops we’ll be making in seven states during the week of September 14. We’re really excited to be visiting the following locations:
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Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:14AM
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Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylon ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:36PM
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Press RELEASE!: "I Saw You In His Eyes" by Agnes B. Levine (ebook) is available for purchase NOW in the Amazon Kindle Store for $9.99 - https://www.amazon.com/I-Saw-You-His-Eyes-ebo…/…/ref=sr_1_1…!
This is a story of courage, humility, and t ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:16PM
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